Deutschlandmuseum

Many people are interested in history, yet museums unfortunately also have a reputation for being somewhat dry and boring. This is completely different at the Deutschlandmuseum Berlin on Leipziger Platz. Here, history comes alive again, and visitors can immerse themselves firsthand and with all their senses in the world of past experiences.

The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, the trenches of the First World War, or the atmosphere of the Roaring Twenties are just a few excerpts from the twelve historical epochs that visitors can explore at the Deutschlandmuseum Berlin. The journey through time spans over 2,000 years, spread across approximately 1,400 square meters. The virtual museum offers imaginatively designed, lifelike rooms with 3D animations, projections, real films, interactive installations, unique exhibits, and sound effects. Even with the help of scents, historical places are brought to life, while floorboards creak underfoot or you can walk along the ramparts of a knight’s castle.

The tour is designed as a linear journey through time. The twelve epochs are chronologically ordered and range from the uprising of the Germans, through the Middle Ages, to the founding of the German Empire. It includes the wars, but also the periods of the Reformation and Enlightenment. The German division into FRG and GDR is integrated, as are united Germany, the Love Parade, or the 2006 Football World Cup. You can operate a printing press, look into the shop windows of old pharmacies or gramophone stores, experience what it’s like to use a medieval latrine, or enter a 1920s bar in the Weimar Republic with swing music and dancing.

The various exhibition rooms are lovingly and richly detailed like film sets and often feature real historical objects. You can even touch some of the exhibits. There is a medieval executioner’s sword, which was not used for fighting but for executions, or a shop with prostheses, intended to commemorate the consequences of the First World War. In the museum, you will encounter the rare exhibit of an 18th-century violin by the violin maker Ficker, a Biedermeier pipe, and an old book of heroes, or learn what an original Pickelhaube or a Wehrmacht helmet looked like. History is conveyed in a playful way. No prior knowledge is necessary. Thus, the Deutschlandmuseum in Berlin is an exciting experience for children and school classes as well.